Fri Jan 6, 2023 – 7:12 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — In a victory for life, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld several abortion-restricting laws, ruling that the state constitution does not implicitly contain a “right” to abortion.
The 3-2 court decision denied the request of Planned Parenthood branches and others to block Idaho’s Total Abortion Ban, Six-Week Ban, and a civil enforcement measure against abortion, arguing that the state has a “legitimate interest in protecting prenatal fetal life in all stages of development.”
The ruling will maintain a ban on abortion except in cases of rape or incest, or when the life of the mother is endangered, saving “thousands of lives a year,” according to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America president Marjorie Dannenfelser.
Writing the majority opinion, Justice Robyn Brody dismissed the petitioners’ argument that the right to abortion is implicit in the Idaho state constitution.
“The relevant history and traditions of Idaho show abortion was viewed as an immoral act and treated as a crime,” Brody pointed out. “Thus, we cannot conclude the framers and adopters of the Inalienable Rights Clause intended to implicitly protect abortion as a fundamental right.”
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